Ásgeir Friðgeirsson: Born on October 17, 1861 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla. He died in early 1938 at the Betel care home in Gimli. Spouse: Þorbjörg Hákonardóttir b. June 2, 1865 in Barðastrandarsýsla, d. April 14, 1951 in Gimli. Children. 1. Gísli Þórður (Fred Fridgerson) b. February 4, 1899 2. Jóhanna Anna b. 1905, d. August 20, 1935 in Gimli. They seem to …
Sigurmundur Sigurðsson
Sigurmundur Sigurðsson: Born in Gullbringusýsla on September 12, 1865. He died March 19, 1934. Spouse: 1) April 2, 1891 Sigþrúður Guðmundsdóttir b. 1865 in Borgarfjarðarsýsla; d. 1900. 2) July 30, 1905 Svanbjörg Sigfúsdóttir b. 1877 in Eyjafjarðarsýsla Children: With first wife: 1. Sigurður, d. June 13, 1936 2. Páll b. July 3, 1894 3. Margrét Guðmundína b. April 12, 1898; …
Þorsteinn Magnússon
Þorsteinn Magnússon: Born in Mýrasýsla in 1863. He took the name Borgfjörð like his brother had done. Spouse: 1) Hólmfríður Sigurðardóttir b. 1863 2) Ragnheiður Guðmundsdóttir Children: With first wife: 1. Guðrún b. 1885 2. Signý b. 1886. With second wife: 1. Magnús 2. Björn 3. Elísabet. He emigrated west in 1887 and bought land in 1888 where the Framnes-Árdals …
Bjarni Ólafsson
Bjarni Ólafsson was believed to be born in Gullbringusýsla. Spouse: He was married twice. He came west with his second wife, Solveig, who was a midwife. Childless. Bjarni named his land in the Geysir settlement Gullbring.
Bjarni Sigvaldason
Bjarni Sigvaldason was born in 1884 in Húnavatnssýsla. He came west with his parents and siblings in 1887. His father, Sigvaldur Símonarson was a pioneer settler in Framnes.
Vilhjálmur Árnason
Vilhjálmur Árnason: Fæddur í Skagafjarðarsýslu 31. október, 1887. Dáinn í Arborg 6. ágúst, 1961. Maki: 1912 Solveig Jónsdóttir f. á leiðinni til Vesturheims árið 1877. Börn: 1. Jónína Guðríður Arnrún f. 30. október, 1912 2. Guðni Vilhjálmur Kristinn f. 16. maí 1915 3. Ólafur Árni f. 16. október, 1915 4. Frederick Charles f. 28. apríl, 1923. Kom vestur árið 1888 …
Brynjólfur Jónsson
Brynjólfur Jónsson: Born in S. Múlasýsla in 1883. He used the name Sveinsson in the west. Spouse: Jane L. Nordal. Children: 1. Jóhanna Ingibjörg 2. Jón 3. Norma Pearl 4. Valdína Bergljót 5. Benedikt 6. Einar 7. Þorbjörg 8. Sigurður 9. Halldór Frímann 10. Margrét Sigríður 11. Sveinbjörg. Brynjólfur emigrated west with his parents, Jón Sveinsson and Ólína Guðmundsdóttir, in …
Jón Sveinsson
Jón Sveinsson was born in Rangárvallasýsla in 1834. Spouse: 1) Helga ??? 2) Jóhanna Jóhannesdóttir Children: With first wife: 1. Sveinn b. 1862 2. Guðlaug b. 1872. With second wife: 1. Kristján b. 1882 2. Brynjólfur b. 1883. Jón named his land in the Geysir Settlement Þingvellir.
Guðmundur Erlendsson
Guðmundur Erlendsson: Born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1883. Spouse: Hansína Albertsdóttir, daughter of Albert Sigurbjörnsson who came west in 1878 with his parents. Her mother was Sigríður Sigurðardóttir. Children: 1. Ólína 2. Sigríður 3. Guðmundur. Guðmundur emigrated west with his parents, Erlendur Erlendsson and Ólína Guðmundsdóttir, and his siblings in 1889. They took land in the Geysir Settlement and named their …
Erlendur Erlendsson
Erlendur Erlendsson: Born in Borgarfjarðarsýsla in 1857. Spouse: 1881 Ólína Guðmundsdóttir b. 1858 in Snæfellsnessýsla. Children: 1. Guðmundur b. 1883 2. Ingibjörg b. 1885 3. Anna b. 1886 4. Halldór b. 1889 5. Þórdís b. 1889 6. Marilíus 7. Jóna Jóhanna They came west in 1889 and settled on their land in the Geysir Settlement in 1891. They named it …
